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Not sure if it’s easy to do in most CRTs, but with a little engineering, it is possible to enable RGB inputs.
by mproud 5y ago
Not sure if it’s easy to do in most CRTs, but with a little engineering, it is possible to enable RGB inputs.
- p1necone 5y agoMost (all?) CRT TVs eventually turn everything into an RGB signal before it goes to the tube itself, this is generally what most on screen displays feed into. So you could add something in that also feeds into that line. Some people mod RGB into composite only CRTs this way for retro gaming.
- AussieWog93 5y agoSome old consumer Trinitrons (possibly other brands; I'm unsure) even have an unpopulated SCART header on the input board. Saves them from having to make custom hardware for the European market.
- Bluecobra 5y ago8 Bit Guy did a video on this. I pretty surprised how easy it was to do on an inexpensive compact TV set from the 90’s. https://youtu.be/DLz6pgvsZ_I https://youtu.be/DLz6pgvsZ_I
- denkmoon 5y agoInexpensive, but requires balls of steel to work on a naked CRT. Of course it is reasonably safe if you do it properly, but as an amateur it's something I'd like to do but scares the shit out of me.
- p1necone 5y agoMy favourite take on this is that people only say it's reasonably safe because anyone who has reason to think otherwise has already been fried.